Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley was the silver medal winner at his position, finishing behind USC’s JuJu Smith-Schuster. That foreshadows what should be a fantastic showdown when the Crimson Tide and Trojans meet in Texas for Week 1 of the upcoming season.

The methodology for medal selection is best explained by NFL.com here:

With the world’s best athletes set to compete in the Summer Games in Rio, we thought we’d get in on the fun by holding a medal competition at each major position group. College Football 24/7 analysts ranked the top three players at each position, with points assigned to each player accordingly — three points for each first-place ranking, two for each second-place ranking and one for each third-place ranking. The points were totaled, resulting in final gold-, silver- and bronze-medal finishers.